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Records: Husband in Bel Air standoff had violent history

Court documents show a violent history and marriage between a couple involved in a 12-hour standoff with Harford County sheriff's deputies that ended Tuesday morning with gunfire and the husband dead. George Lettis has the latest details.

Court documents show a violent history and marriage between a couple involved in a 12-hour standoff with Harford County sheriff's deputies that ended Tuesday morning with gunfire and the husband dead. George Lettis has the latest details.

Updated: 8:37 AM EDT May 21, 2014

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Records: Husband in Bel Air standoff had violent history

Court documents show a violent history and marriage between a couple involved in a 12-hour standoff with Harford County sheriff's deputies that ended Tuesday morning with gunfire and the husband dead. George Lettis has the latest details.

WEBVTT HE COULD -- WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS ESTRANGED WIFE INVOLVED A 12 HOUR STANDOFF WITH DEPUTIES IN HARTFORD COUNTY. LIKE THE HUSBAND DIED. GEORGE LETTIS IS LIVE WITH THE DETAILS. JAMIE CAMPBELL HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO SERIOUS CONDITION. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO FIRED THE SHOTS. DOCUMENTS SAY THE MARRIAGE WAS VIOLENT FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW IT WAS A VOLATILE AND VIOLENT TWO-YEAR MARRIAGE BETWEEN LOUISE HERNANDEZ AND JAMIE CAMPBELL. ONE YEAR INTO IT SHE GOT A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST HIM. CAMPBELL FILED FOR DIVORCE, CITING HIS CRUEL AND VICIOUS CONDUCT. COURT RECORDS SHOW HERNANDEZ WAS THREATENING, DEMEANING, AND CONTROLLING. THE DIVORCE DECREE SHOWS HE THREATENED TO KILL HIMSELF AND MEMBERS OF CAMPBELL'S FAMILY. HE THREATENED HER FAMILY PETS, AND CENTER A VIDEO OF HIM PUNCHING A DOG, CAUSING THE DOG TO YELP. DIVORCE PAPERS SHOW HERNANDEZ SENT PHOTOS TO ONE OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS. HERNANDEZ BEAT CAMPBELL. FAST FORWARD TO MONDAY NIGHT. CAMPBELL'S MOTHER REPORTS ARE MISSING. POLICE TRACK HERNANDEZ TO A DIRT ROAD OFF OF CEDAR LANE AND BELAIR. CAMPBELL AND HER HUSBAND WERE INSIDE. AS DEPUTIES APPROACHED THE CAR, THE WOMAN YELLED THE MAN HAD A GUN. A SUSPECT 20 DEPUTIES AWAY FROM THE CAR. VICE OFFICERS RETREATED. NEGOTIATIONS AND LASTED UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. LIKE THE HUSBAND WAS HAVING THE WIFE CALL HIS FAMILY. SHOTS WERE FIRED. HERNANDEZ WAS KILLED YURI CAMPBELL WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN. WE DO NOT KNOW IF SHERIFF DEBBIE DEES FIRED ALL OF THE SHOTS. THE AUTOPSY ON HERNANDEZ SHOULD SHED LIGHT ON THAT.